Is there a way for Windows 7 to show remaining disk space in the status bar?
Question: This is really driving me nuts. ?I do a lot of moving media files to and from USB drives, and I am constantly looking to the status bar to…
combining SSD and hard disk in software RAID1?
Question: Does it make sense to build a Linux software RAID-1 (mirroring) using an SSD and a normal hard disk? I want to combine the advantages of SSD (fast transfer…
How much does a gigabyte worth of data physically weigh on a hard disk?
Question: What is the physical weight of one gigabyte of memory/storage? Lets say this is on a hard disk. What is the weight associated with the atoms that are actually…
What are the end bytes of *.docx file format
Question: I have a hard disk that was formatted and reinstalled its OS. The problem is, it wasn’t booting before formatting and the data backup that I’ve made before formatting,…
Hazardous materials in a hard drive
Question: I have an old laptop at my disposal that has a malfunctioning HDD in it. I would really enjoy taking the drive apart and looking at it. However, I…
On which physical drive is this logical drive?
Question: I want to understand where logical drives (e.g. C:, D:) are mapped on physical drives (e.g. I have a Western Digital and a Toshiba physical disks connected to my…
which file type to install my virtual hard disk in while installing a new machine on virtualbox?
Question: I got some options like VHD, VMDK, HDD, and VDI is there a file type that is most commonly used and is supported by most other virtual disk software?…
5400rpm HDD speeds in a USB 3.0 connectivity enclosure
Question: I plan to replace my laptop’s 5400rpm HDD with an SSD in the near future. I then want to make the old HDD an external HDD. I want to…
What’s the purpose of the “Capacity” selection in the “Format Volume” dialog?
Question: When formatting my hard drives or USB flash drives, I’ve always seen the “Capacity” cascade menu with only one option. The image below is taken when trying to format…
What does ‘Highest active time’ for disk activity in Windows resource monitor mean?
Question: I know what the disk io, disk queue length and other measures are, but what does ‘Highest active time’ mean? Is it the amount of time it is busy…